Dissociation : Vol. 9, No. 1, p. 048-059 : Switching: Part I an investigation using experimental phenomenology
| dc.contributor.author | Beere, Don | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2005-10-20T21:21:14Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2005-10-20T21:21:14Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1996-03 | |
| dc.description | p. 048-059 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | Seven descriptions of externally precipitated switching from one personality to another were analyzed using experimental phenomenology. The results, cross-checked with nine other descriptions, indicate that switching occurs when reality events are proceeding toward a possible outcome of significance to a non-executive alter. As the outcome becomes more realizable, the non-executive alter becomes more energized and might influence the executive alter covertly to increase the likelihood of the outcome. When the outcome might really occur, intensity exceeds a threshold for the current executive alter and the non-executive alter takes control of the body. The process appears to be a loss of control for the prior alter and an assumption of control by the second. The results suggest that identity is a more significant factor in switching than state or emotion. Switching seems not solely a defense nor a mechanism to cope with intolerably negative states. | en |
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| dc.identifier.issn | 0896-2863 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1794/1769 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en |
| dc.publisher | Ridgeview Institute and the International Society for the Study of Dissociation | en |
| dc.title | Dissociation : Vol. 9, No. 1, p. 048-059 : Switching: Part I an investigation using experimental phenomenology | en |
| dc.title.alternative | Switching: Part I an investigation using experimental phenomenology | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |